Past projects 3
Go with the Floga!
Funded Aug 31, 2021Thank you so much for contributing to my Donor's Choose project and allowing us to have an organized space for our Yoga mats. We often use our mats as flexible seating resources in our classroom. I run an after school running program as well and we use the mats to stretch before and after our workouts.
When my students saw the Yoga mat storage they were very excited. Before we received it, we had to store the mats in a pile inside our common closet. Now we have a neat, organized space that they enjoy seeing in the classroom.
Our next step is to offer an after school Yoga club once we are able to gather together safely. Our next projects are to continue to offer a safe and organized area.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Daley
Improving English Literacy and Vocabulary With Graphic Novels!
Funded Aug 17, 2019The best part of my job as a teacher is getting kids who are reluctant to read in English excited. My students come from various cultural and educational backgrounds. When a student is not able to read at their age level in English, it often leads to even more frustration. A strategy that I found works for my students is the use of Graphic Novels.
In my ESL classroom reading can look different depending on the student. We read together, we read in partners and we read independently, all these ways of reading help. We also have a "fan favorite" seat in the classroom of which we always have an argument over.
One of my students, Edwin, a new seventh grader from El Salvador in particular enjoys the book, "Mighty Jack, #4," and I was instructed to buy the remainder of the series! All of my female students are enjoying the "Babysitters Club" series as well. I read that series as a child and I love the connections we can make. This was really a fantastic investment for our classroom and I am so happy for the donors who provided it to us!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Daley
Ready to Learn!
Funded Aug 17, 2016Thank you so much again for all of you generous donations to our classroom. We have been using them on a daily basis. Having the supplies we need from the beginning of the year has made the year less stressful. My supply list was much smaller this year going home and I know it was a much needed financial break for the families. I keep all of the supplies in a large cabinet in my classroom. The kids call it my never-ending supply closet! When I first told them not to worry about supplies they didn't quite believe me, but when I opened the doors to the cabinet they were very surprised! Woah! Look at all that stuff! It was an exciting moment for all of us.
We use the dry erase markers daily during our small group reading instruction when we are building words or learning new strategies. We also need them in the afternoon when we begin our math instruction. By using dry erase markers on our white boards I can quickly assess who is on track with the lesson. The pencils and sharpener has really become part of our morning routine as well. When we enter our classroom, we have five minutes to get ready. That includes sharpening pencils. Having a quick and reliable pencil sharpener and an unlimited supply of pencils is a real time saver for us. The binders have helped my students stay organized and we are better able to keep track of our completed classwork. They are especially useful on days that we need to come back to work we may have started the prior day. Our glue sticks are used daily in our science, social studies and sight word interactive notebooks. We also use the crayons for this purpose, too. One new thing we have tried with the crayons is text coding. Students are able to underline certain parts of the text in order to come back to it and quickly find the answers they need. Another fun activity we have done is our reindeer directed drawing project. Sadly, my students are missing art class this year, so I have been trying to squeeze in art whenever we can! We are excited for the upcoming break but we are more excited to keep on learning and trying new things! Donors, we can't thank you enough.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Daley
This classroom project was brought to life by the estate of Dorothea Lutz and 5 other donors.